This year I decided to send a “ninja” to another coaches lanes to see how long it would take the coach to notice.
My first two lane ninjas only lasted a couple minutes in the 11-12 Gold group because they got in the only lane that had two swimmers splitting...(not the smartest ninjas in the clan). My other two lane ninjas successfully infiltrated the 11-12 Blue group, literally sneaking right in front of the coach, until one of the older kids shouted, “We’ve got 10 and unders in here!” and ruined it.
Then I sent a lone ninja to the 11-12 Silver group. This one was a little harder as there were two coaches in this group. So, I ran a little interference sparking up a conversation with the coaches while my ninja snuck right into a middle lane. She lasted at least 15 minutes and would have gone longer if a different coach hadn’t spilled the beans. My ninja was even going first and doing all the drills and everything. It was pretty funny.
My final lane ninjas went up to the teaching pool with the novice groups. This was going to be difficult to implement the infiltration and even harder to maintain covert operations. There were 4 coaches here! So, I ran interference again by asking some well thought out questions to confuse and disorient. My expert assassins slid right behind the coaches and got into the water with no problems. They didn’t last very long but how can you blame them...they went too fast!
It was a fun joke and all the coaches appreciated it. My only concern is that I will have a target on my back for next year. I will be watching my swimmers carefully.
Any good April fools jokes at your pool deck?
Lexy and Ally were to race a 50. Whoever won got to leave workout early, taking her lanemates, too. "But that's no fair," Lexy complained. "Ally is a lot faster than I am." But that's why Lexy was to have a 2 second head start. Lexy took off like an animal. The only thing is, it was an April Fool's joke, and Ally didn't even start her 50! Lexy figured it out at the 25 when she found herself all alone. When she lifted her head to see what was up, everyone broke out in laughter, and everyone got to go home early.
ReplyDeleteNice! And the best part is they all got to get out...good one coach.
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